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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
A sharp rebound on Wall Street is expected to help the Australian market overcome patchy commodity prices and open higher. At 0756 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up 64 points to 6251. In economic news today, RBA ...

Daily economic round-up

The housing finance figures for January, released yesterday, showed that there has been a slight lift in the housing market with a 2.3 per cent rise in the value of dwelling commitments and a significant 4.6 per cent rise in that of investment housing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Labour Price Index released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday shows that in seasonally adjusted terms the overall growth to December last year from a year earlier was 4 per cent which was composed of a 3.8 per cent increase in private ...

Daily economic update

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the official cash rate untouched at 5.5 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. The decision marked the 12th straight month of steady interest rates since March 2005 when it lifted its key ...

Weekly economic round-up

Last week's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to keep official interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent presented no surprises. Expectations leading up to the RBA Board's first meeting this year rightly wagered that the Australian central ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian consumer confidence fell by 2.7 per cent to 104.7 in November from 107.6 in the previous month. According to Westpac, concern over higher interest rates and the fall in house prices were chiefly responsible for the drop in consumer confidence. ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Reserve Bank of Australia finally put interest rate speculation to rest last week. In his half-yearly parliamentary testimony, RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane reinforced the message from the Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy released by the Australian ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a slightly positive lead from the US, combined with a strong surge in oil prices, is expected to underpin early gains on the local bourse. US stocks were little changed overnight as a sharp surge ...

Higher interest rates ahead

The Reserve Bank this morning announced a rate hike of 25bp, to 5.5 per cent, citing stronger inflationary pressures and domestic demand as their reason for doing so in March. The rate hike was expected by the market, which has also priced in another ...